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quote, the best conspiracy story ever. but first, the final preps for tonight's main event in cleveland, ohio at 9:00 p.m. eastern time under way. that's when the top ten gop candidates will take the main stage. it will be preceded by what's being called the happy hour debate at 5:00 p.m. featuring the seven candidates who did not make the top tier. as for whether the other gop candidates are ready to rumble with trump, rnc chair reince priebus says it's important for the candidates to remember ronald reagan's 11th commandment, thou shalt not speak ill of any republican. >> containme...

One of the biggest 2016 concerns depending on who you ask is whether name recognition may actually hurt two of the leading candidates. while the original clinton-bush campaign of 1992 was quite some time ago, a number of political analysts are now suggesting that the shadow of the past could cloud the campaigns of both hillary clinton and jeb bush. here is charles krauthammer on "the kelly file" thursday night. >> i think unfortunately for jeb it will be a major factor. and it is not in any way his fault. you know he could have been jeb smith. now, he has advantages of being a bush. he has the...

"the kelly file" thursday night. >> i think unfortunately for jeb it will be a major factor. and it is not in any way his fault. you know he could have been jeb smith. now, he has advantages of being a bush. he has the donor base. well-known. successful and a great family in which he grew up. but it is a big liability. so what would you want to run if you're a gop strategist? you want to run someone young and fresh and new and who sort of projects to the future. when you go to bush unfortunately for him, and again it's not his fault, it brings back the memories. and then you've negated the fac...

But so far he hasn't been getting a lot of the press coverage. >> that's true. >> what do you think, rich on balance does the bush name help or hurt jeb bush more? >> it helps in that it's a brand within the republican party that big donors especially trust. so these donor who is are looking for safe harbor and someone who's not as populous and quote/unquote crazy as some of the other elements in the party, feel very safe with jeb. but i do think it's a drag generally with the rest of the electorate because we just -- we've been there before. and i just think for republicans it should probably...

which according to charles krauthammer could be a curse for 2016 candidates. we'll have much more on all of this in the hour ahead. but we begin tonight with a look at where things stand for the first two out of the gate senators rand paul and ted cruz. >> imagine in 2017 a new president signing legislation repealing every word of obamacare. imagine a president who says i will honor the constitution and under no circumstances will iran be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon. [ cheers and applause ] imagine a president who says we will stand up and defeat radical islamic terrorism. ...